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ID number: BIRBI-MH0161 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Nikephoros III; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 1078-1081 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 4.73 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8066, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: Cross of equal arms ending in globules.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: C…N… (Cross, protect emperor Nikephoros)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.9.18
Notes: Countermark 18a (lillah), countermark 1 (atabeg) over countermark 13 ('izz), countermark 12 ('adl, 'izz) and countermark 17 (lillah) on obverse at 0 degrees, at 45 degrees and on reverse at centre and at 270 degrees respectively; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.32, 37-9, 41-2
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